2012 Study Abroad Grants

Matthew
Marget
University of
Texas at Austin

Junior, human
biology major

Study abroad: Seven weeks at the
Danish Institute for Study Abroad,
Copenhagen, Denmark, learning
about international healthcare
policies and clinical techniques
Role model: Dr. Amy Hessel, an
otolaryngological surgeon at the
University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center, in Houston, Texas,
whom I have shadowed.
Satisfying community service: San
Jose Clinic, healthcare for those
in the Houston area with limited access to it

Senior, electrical engineering
and applied mathematics major
Study abroad: Last June in
Zomba, Malawi, coordinating
projects called Destiny Pads,
which provides reusable
sanitary napkins for the needy,
and Pathematics, a mathemat-ical-based runway painted at
the Domasi Primary School
Career objective: Alternative energy
Most proud of: Earning my Girl
Scout Gold Award after starting
a math tutoring program at an
elementary school

DONORS OF NAMEDSTUDY ABROAD GRANTS

McKenzie Study Abroad Grant2

Wendell H. McKenzie, former Societypresident (2001-04) and NorthCarolina State University AlumniDistinguished Professor of Genetics,and his wife Georgie established thisgrant in 2011. He earned degreesfrom Westmar College (B.A) and NCSU (M.S. and Ph. D.) andwon numerous local and national teaching awards duringhis 1969-2008 tenure at NCSU. The grant is given annually toa successful applicant from NCSU. If there isn’t a viableentrant, the grant goes to a successful candidate fromanother Phi Kappa Phi member institution.

Favorite authors: Kevin Brock-meier, Sherman Alexie, and
Stuart Dybek
Most proud of: My summer
internship leading literacy
programs for public school
students through the nonprofit
Open Books, which promotes
literacy in Chicago and beyond
Career objective: Improve literacy
rates in major cities worldwide

Larry Sommers Study Abroad Grant1

Former Society president Larry Sommers(1992-95) did not have opportunity to studyabroad as a University of Wisconsin undergradu-ate. His gift to the Society, funded between 2004and 2007, helps future generations of studentsdo so. Earning a master’s degree from UW and adoctorate from Northwestern University, Sommers taughtgeography at Michigan State University for 40 years, headingthe department for 25 years, and spent a number of years inthe provost’s office. An Army veteran who served in NorthAfrica in World War II, he died in 2007 at age 88.

Study abroad: Six weeks at
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou,
China, taking a course in
mechanical design engineering
Role model: My dad. He has
worked hard for everything and
I look up to and respect him.

Satisfying community service:

Constructing a water filtration
system for a Nicaraguan village
Most proud of: Becoming an Eagle
Scout because doing so took
more than six years

Satisfying community service: Peer
Health Exchange, which trains
college students to teach
health education to high school
counterparts

Marissa Shaw
San Diego State
University
Junior, nursing
major

Career objective: Emergency room
nurse

Study abroad: Fall semester at
University of Puerto Rico at
Mayaguez

Work: Ocean lifeguard for the
City of San Clemente

Satisfying community service:

Organizing beach cleanups

Allison
Stephens
Grand Valley State
University*

Senior, social work

major
Internship: Helping victims of
domestic violence and sexual
abuse at a Y WCA
Study abroad: Two weeks at
University of Ghana in Accra
learning about the management of non-governmental
organizations and five weeks in
Winneba volunteering with
Challenging Heights, an NGO
against child trafficking
Career objective: United Nations

Joseph Tumolo
Fordham
University
Junior, majoring in

Italian language
and literature and in music
Study abroad: A month immersed
in early 19th-century Italian
vocal tradition at Bel Canto
Institute, Florence, Italy

Career objective: Scholar of the
cultural achievements of the
Italian diaspora

Favorite book:Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell

Shane M.

Woods

Brigham YoungUniversitySenior, geography(global studies) major

Study abroad: Six weeks attending
lectures by business leaders
across Europe through BYU’s
Marriott School of Management to earn a Global Management Certificate

Satisfying community service: Latino
outreach and voter registration
in Provo, Utah, currently, and
an earlier two-year mission
providing substance abuse
counseling in major Nicaraguan
cities via the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints